The age of personalized entertainment is here, and perhaps no technologies epitomize it more than TiVo and iPod, devices that give individuals total control over what they watch and hear. But will the age of “egocasting” really improve the quality of American culture? Christine Rosen looks at these technologies of fetish, and wonders whether we are losing the capacity ever to be surprised and improved by our cultural creations.
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Two leading commentators on space policy discussed President Bush's new vision for NASA at EPPC in February 2004. Sparks flew as Robert Zubrin, a leading advocate of manned space exploration, and Robert Park, a leading critic, debated face to face for the first time.
